LPG Shortage in India: The war between Iran, America and Israel and the resulting tension in the Middle East had such an impact that India’s imports of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) have declined from March 2026. India imports 60 percent of its LPG requirements. In such a situation, due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, there are large-scale disruptions in supplies.

Till February 2026, India used to import about 20 lakh tonnes of LPG every month, which reduced to 11 lakh tonnes in March and only 9.5 lakh tonnes in April. Due to the continuing uncertainty and lack of clarity on when the movement of ships from Hormuz will return to normal as before the war, India’s LPG supply challenge is far from over and it seems that the supply shortage will continue in the times to come.

Crisis on LPG supply

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway located between Iran and Oman, is a sea route through which a large part of the world’s petroleum usually passes. As tensions between Iran and the Middle East deepened, there has been a huge decline in the movement of ships on this route, which is now negligible.

Before the war started in Iran, 130-140 ships used to pass through this route every day. At the same time, now this number has reduced to less than 10. This blockage has created a big problem for many energy importing countries including India. This has also affected the supply of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), but the supply of LPG has been affected the most.

LPG imports are decreasing rapidly

According to vessel tracking data from commodity market analytics firm Kpler, India’s LPG imports in the first 11 months of 2025-26 — April to February — averaged about 2 million tonnes per month.Data shows that LPG imports fell to 1.1 million tonnes in March and further declined to 0.95 million tonnes in April.

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